Party Eight

[Twocky61]

In the seventies you could buy mini beer kegs for parties. Ideal for us drunken blokes. Nowadays Hobgoblin beer from Wychwood Brewery in Witney near Oxford UK sell their beer in a five litre tin keg for the bargain price of £15

[staffslad]

Re: Party Eight

When I was a kid in the 70s, nearly all the parties I went to with my parents would have Party 8 kegs. Weren't they made by Watney's? You could also buy the special taps for them so the beer didn't have to be poured into glasses.

Also, there was Davenport's, who would bring the beer straight to your door--Beer at home means Davenport's was the slogan.

[Twocky61]

Re: Party Eight

One beer I remember was Double Diamond though I forget from which brewery

[staffslad]

Re: Party Eight

Think it was Carlsberg and the slogan was Double Diamond Works Wonders.

[staffslad]

Re: Party Eight

Here's the Davenport's song that was played on TV ads

Beer at home means Davenport's,
That's the beer,
Lots of cheer,
The finest malt with hops and yeast,
Turns a snack into a feast,
Straight from brewery to your home,
Why collect? We'll deliver,
Soon you'll know why folks all say,
Beer at home means Davenport's.


Maybe Davenport's was only delivered in the Midlands. I'm not sure.

[ericthecavalier]

Re: Party Eight

Weren't they called Party Seven?

[Twocky61]

Re: Party Eight

They were Party Seven & Party Eight due to the pints of beer they had in them. Seven pints & eight pints respectively

[Richard1978]

Re: Party Eight

IIRC there were Party Fours as well.

[Twocky61]

Re: Party Eight

I remember that too Richard - ideal for the smaller party with a few friends or neighbours

[Twocky61]

Re: Party Eight

Also there is now Fullers London Pride

Is it just me, or does anyone think it tastes like Double Diamond?

[Richard1978]

Re: Party Eight

I remember the plastic Double Diamond pumps seemed to be in almost every pub until the mid-late 1980s.

[W1 Rover]

There used to be a little metal tool for the party range of cans. It used to make a little triangular opening, the technique was to make two opposite each other at the top as I remember.
If you'd lost your tool then it was a case of raiding the tool box. The average tin opener would not suffice. Those party cans were pretty tough, almost made Fray Bentos tins seem like tissue paper by comparison!

[Semi42]

Mum and dad couldn’t go out when me and my sis were little and couldn’t get a babysitter , so an evening in front of the box watching the dr who, generation game and some mothers do ave em was the order of the day.
mum polished off a bottle of wine and dad had one of those keg things. Shame you can’t get them today